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Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.1 Cancelled

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the be-right-back dept.

geekwithsoul writes "mozillaZine is reporting that the Mozilla Thunderbird 1.01 release is cancelled. While they just released 1.01 of Firefox and intended to release an updated Mozilla Suite and 1.01 version of Thunderbird shortly thereafter, they've decided to address some additional issues and release ver. 1.02 of Firefox and Thunderbird 'soon.' The fixes will also be included in the Mozilla Suite 1.7.6 release. Ah, the joy of awkward numbering conventions!"

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  1. Don't rush it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful


    now the codebase is reasonably stable, i'd rather they be fixing bugs and perfecting the code than rushing it out the door like beancounter run jobs to meet a contract deadline
    obviously security patches are different but for general releases, make it right, keep it polished rather than looking like the software equivalent of a RiceBoy racer with a million things bolted on but none of them make it a better car

  2. Seems odd to me by Chuck+Chunder · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I thought one of the advantages to decoupling the various Mozilla components would be that they could develop on timeframes that made sense individually.

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    Boffoonery - downloadable Comedy Benefit for Bletchley Park
  3. Re:Actually, a good idea by Ogerman · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The rest of you that are aware and capable of making upgrades, should do so of course.

    Of course, the problem is that the FF/TB upgrade mechanism is absolutely awful. There's no easy way to roll out the FF/TB duo on a Windows network. Worse, even for stand-alone use, the upgrade process just installs a new copy over top of the old. (redundant add/remove program item, desktop icons, and all!) As a reluctant part-time Windows admin, I can say with pretty good confidence that this is the one thing holding Firefox back from widespread use in businesses.

    Firefox team, please wake up and listen! An official method for centralized roll-out on Windows networks is an absolute must if you want to make a dent in IE usage in the business / corporate world.

    Thank goodness the other half of my work is Linux, where FF upgrades are as simple as "apt-get install mozilla-firefox"